Amtliche Untersuchung auf Trichinen beim Wild anmelden

If you are a hunter and hunt wild boar or badgers and these are to be used as food or sold to others, you must have a Trichinella test carried out by the competent authority.

In addition to wild boar and badgers, other carnivorous wild animals such as raccoons are also subject to Trichinella testing.

If you are a hunter and kill wild boar and badgers, you must have the animals officially tested for trichinae before eating them. Trichinae are small threadworms that can settle as parasites in the muscles of mammals. Wild boar and badgers in particular can be carriers.

The consumption of game meat contaminated with Trichinella can cause serious illness in humans. Safety for consumers is guaranteed by testing. Only after testing and a negative result may you use the game meat as food or sell it to others.

If you sell the game to a retailer or hunter, the obligation to register for testing for trichinae is transferred to them. If you have detected any characteristics before or after killing the game that make the meat of the animal appear to be unsafe for human consumption, you must pass this information on to the person taking the sample.

If the sample has been examined by the authorities, the authorities will in turn forward the result of the examination to you. Alternatively, by agreement with the competent authority, you can assume that no trichinae have been found if you have not received a report by a specified date.

• Application
• Game tag
• Authorization for Trichinella sampling

• Game origin certificate

• Commissioning for Trichinella sampling

The costs for the official Trichinella examination are determined by the local authorities and can vary depending on the animal.

• Hunter kills the animal and marks the carcass with a game tag
• Hunter takes sample and prepares it for submission (packaging and labeling)
• The hunter transmits data in paper or digital form to the authority and makes the sample available for official examination
• Authority checks data set and sample
• Authority examines sample
• Authority notifies the result of the examination (Alternatively: Authority informs in advance by what date it will report if the samples are not negative)

It depends on the testing times of the respective laboratories.

• Official examination for trichinae; certificate
• Officially test meat from wild boar or badgers for trichinae
• Submit a Trichinella sample with the corresponding game origin certificate to the competent authority
• Submit application to the authority by post or online
• Responsible: Veterinary and food monitoring of the districts and independent cities

• As an alternative to submitting the electronic wildlife origin certificate, the previously used wildlife origin certificate (paper) must be attached to the sample.

Lower hunting authority

Forms available: Yes
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: No
Personal appearance necessary: No

The application is made by submitting the completed game origin certificate and the sample.

The game origin certificate and game tags are issued by the lower hunting authorities of the administrative districts/cities.